CBS & Diagnostics
Sector 19 includes members employed predominantly in the provision of collection, screening, laboratory or other diagnostic services and all other support services in agencies or organizations other than public hospitals.
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Bargaining
Wage increases in Public Health Ontario arbitration award
Message from OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas Dear Public Health Ontario members, On behalf of…
PHOLine: Information on upcoming interest arbitration
“OPSEU members at Public Health Ontario deserve respect and fairness. You perform critical work on…
PHOLine: Bargaining update and solidarity across Ontario
“It is unfortunate that Public Health Ontario CEO, Peter Donnelly, stubbornly refuses to acknowledge the…
PHOLine: Bargaining update - June 2018
“With the election behind us, we’ve entered a new political era in Ontario. That’s why…
PHOLine: Public Health Ontario staff demand stability and fairness in bargaining
Bargaining team elected! OPSEU members working at Public Health Ontario have elected their bargaining team:…
Blood workers narrowly ratify contract
Toronto – Support workers with Canadian Blood Services represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees…
Tentative deal laid out before next week’s vote
As we reported in Bloodlines, Issue 7, the CBS bargaining team reached a new tentative…
Bloodlines, Issue 7: New tentative deal preserves the right to strike
In Issue 3 of Bloodlines, we reported on a tentative agreement reached between the union…
CBS teletown hall March 8 to discuss deal
On Wednesday, February 28, the Canadian Blood Services Support bargaining team reached a tentative agreement…
Canadian Blood Services workers reach tentative deal
Toronto – The bargaining team representing more than 850 Canadian Blood Services (CBS) support workers,…
Bloodlines: Your CBS bargaining team has heard our members loud and clear
CBS Bloodlines Bargaining Bulletin Issue #6, February 9, 2018 For OPSEU Support members working at…
Blood service workers deliver 89 per cent strike vote
Toronto – Staff who run blood donor clinics and transport blood and blood products across…
Bloodlines: CBS strike vote set for November 2
Bloodlines Bargaining Bulletin Issue #5, October 27, 2017 For OPSEU Support members working at Canadian…
Bloodlines: Is ‘voluntary interest arbitration’ really a better deal? YES!
Bloodlines Bargaining Bulletin Issue 4, September 8, 2017 For OPSEU Support members working at Canadian…
Bloodlines: CBS Support workers make gains in tentative agreement
Bloodlines Bargaining Bulletin Issue 3, August 31, 2017 For OPSEU Support members working at Canadian…
OPSEU members score with tentative deal at Canadian Blood Services
Toronto – Some 800 Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) members at Canadian Blood Services…
Bloodlines Bargaining Bulletin, Issue 2, June 19, 2017
Bargaining continues; more dates set Bargaining continues with the employer to reach a new collective…
Bloodlines Bargaining Bulletin, Issue 1, April 11, 2017
CBS support members gear up for contract bargaining It’s that time again! We’re heading into…
Here’s the deal at Public Health Ontario!
Revised edition: Vote location for Thunder Bay has been changed. As you know, your OPSEU…
Public Health Ontario: tentative agreement struck
Toronto – After 12 hours of mediation, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union has reached…
Bloodletters May 2014
Negotiations continue… We met with the Employer April 22-25, 2014, and had long discussions about…
Bloodletters February 2014
Download this issue CBS Support bargaining begins! As you all know, our Collective Agreement expired…
Canadian Blood Services (Tech) locals ratify agreement
Members of the Canadian Blood Services (Tech) Locals 200 and 5101 have voted 76 per…
PHOline: June 2015 Bargaining update for OPSEU members of Public Health Ontario
On March 10, 2015 the Employer presented us with a “net zero” monetary position. The…
Happy Spring! (It will come soon, won't it?)
It’s going to be a busy season for us in OPSEU’s Sector 19 – about…
PHOline: Monetary package tabled in February
A Newsletter for the OPSEU Members of Public Health Ontario Bargaining Updates 2015 download this…
Ontario CBS workers ratify new contract
(TORONTO – January 29, 2015) – Ontario blood services support workers have ratified a new…
Canadian Blood Services tentative agreement highlights
Your bargaining team is pleased to present the highlights of the new tentative agreement reached…
Ontario CBS workers narrowly avoid strike deadline
Ontario blood services support workers have reached a last-minute tentative agreement with CBS, narrowly avoiding…
Canadian Blood Services Support Bargaining Update: Bargaining continues
At the request of the provincial government mediator, the two parties have agreed to extend…
Risks to Ontario blood safety require answers
The Ontario Public Service Employees Union is concerned that Canadian Blood Services is making decisions…
CBS wants a new part-time casual workforce
Letter from OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas to all CBS workers. Dear CBS worker The…
It's all about blood safety
The 1980s tainted blood scandal was the worst public health disaster in Canadian history and…
Blood supply workers set Jan. 8 strike deadline; warn of risks by management
More than 800 employees of Canadian Blood Services (CBS) in Ontario have set a Jan.…
Bloodletters Bargaining Bulletin #3
Keep calm and carry on There have been a number of different rumours and comments…
CBS negotiations hit a brick wall
After 15 hours of bargaining that began on December 4, Canadian Blood Services presented OPSEU…
Bloodletters Special Edition: Bargaining Bulletin #1
Back to the table December 4 The rejection of the employer’s tentative offer by a…
Bloodletters CBS Support Bargaining Bulletin: Tentative Agreement Rejected!
The membership voted on the tentative agreement reached on September 26th and the after the…
CBS support workers not to blame for low blood supply
After more than a year of negotiations, Canadian Blood Services (CBS) support workers have rejected…
Bloodletters: CBS Support Bargaining Newsletter October 2014: Tentative agreement reached!
Bloodletters Support Bargaining 2013 – October 2014 Tentative agreement reached! The Bargaining Team would like to thank…
PHOline: Bargaining update for OPSEU members of Public Health Ontario
Bargaining 2014 The parties bargained for two days on September 9 and 10, 2014, and…
First collective agreement ratified for CML/Lifelabs (Local 206)
Following close to two years of bargaining members of Local 206 (CML/Lifelabs) ratified their first…
Bloodletters: CBS Support Bargaining 2104 Update: Negotiations continue…
Negotiations continue… The team met with the Employer May 13 and 14. After two sessions…
Bloodletters Support Bargaining 2012
The bargaining team continues to meet with our employer in an attempt to reach a…
Bloodletters Support Bargaining 2012 Update
The bargaining team most recently met with the employer in Toronto in October as efforts…
Events
Information
Find Your Collective Agreement
Province-wide contracts OPSEU regularly receives requests from members covered by province-wide collective agreements for copies of their central contract. The…
OPSEU EBM defends public health care before budget committee
Good afternoon. My name is Len Elliott, Regional Vice-President for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union for Region 1, which…
Bargaining Bulletin: Local 206 – CML Healthcare\LifeLabs
The Bargaining team met with the Employer and the Conciliation Office on May 28th and addressed issues that were raised…
Canadian Blood Services 2013 Collective Agreement
The Memorandum of Settlement (MOS) for OPSEU support staff at Canadian Blood Services Toronto, Hamilton, London, Brampton and is now…
BPS Conference 2013 Call
OPSEU’s Broader Public Service Conference is a gathering of members from across the province who belong to bargaining units in…
BPS Conference 2011 Call
Election readiness frames 2011 BPS Conference Politics was the dominant theme of this past weekend’s BPS Conference and divisional meetings…
BPS Conference 2013 Review
2013 BPS conference tackles issues of austerity More than 600 delegates, alternates and observers attended this past weekend's Broader Public…
CBS Support demand set survey
Members of OPSEU CBS Support (L160-London, L200-Brampton, L210-Hamilton, L477-Ottawa and L5103-Toronto) are asked to participate in a demand set survey.…
Meet the 2013 - 2015 OPSEU CBS & Diagnostics Executive Committee
NAME Position EMPLOYER Sean Allen local477president@rogers.com CHAIR Local 477- Canadian Blood Services Katherine Zan-Payne Katherine.zan092@sympatico.ca VICE CHAIR Local 160-Canadian Blood…
Tentative agreement reached with CML Healthcare
OPSEU Local 206 has reached a tentative agreement with CML Healthcare (a division of LifeLabs LP) for the first Collective…
Video: Rally to save the Thunder Bay CBS Plasma Donation Centre
April 12, 2012 THUNDER BAY — Politicians, donors, staff and union officials rallied outside Canadian Blood Services’ Thunder Bay Plasma…
Bargaining begins for CBS support workers
Support workers at Ontario"s Canadian Blood Services start bargaining on Tuesday, February 18. Three days have been set, February 18,…
OPSEU Healthcare Submissions
Health consultations a political ploy, not a listening exercise: OPSEU President Thomas
Toronto – While Premier Doug Ford sits in exile during the federal election, his ministers seem to be using his…
Rallies to save the services that save us
The Ontario Health Coalition is planning a series of rallies to show opposition to the Ford government’s underfunding of health…
OPSEU President calls on Ford to reinvest in front line health care
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says the Ford government’s move to slash management-level health care jobs must be…
Health Care Divisional Council
Contacts
Audrey Smith
Secretary
Email: anmsmith@hotmail.com
Sarah Dupuis
Division/Sector Executive
Vice-Chair
Email: sarahdupuis619@yahoo.com
Geoffrey Cain
Division/Sector Executive
Chair
Email: local160president@gmail.com
Jennifer Johnson
Division/Sector Executive
Treasurer
Email: gingerjj85@live.com
Shah Nawaz
Division/Sector Executive
Member at Large (PHO)
Email: shahnawaz.l@gmail.com
Gloria Blanchard
Division/Sector Executive
Member at Large (CBS)
Email: globright50@gmail.com
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